Many of the books on my list are, in my opinion, amazing. Some I didn't like. But I give them all five stars, because stars make people - including me -- happy.

I don't know. I just feel stuck, like I'm afraid to take any steps, in case they're the wrong ones.

The truth is that I think that most people, and most people in this book, 'Goodbye, Stranger', are really doing their best but they're stumbling all over the place and they're hurting each other deliberately and by accident.

She's called the secretary, but as far as I can tell she basically runs the school.

When something works for you, all you can do is cross your fingers and hope that it will work for someone else.

Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds.

Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean. It's like how turning on a light makes you realize how dark the room had gotten. And the way you usually act, the things you would have normally done, are like these ghosts that everyone can see but pretends not to.